You know how, sometimes, when you have to figure out some plain sock knitting to take with you to the movie theatre, and you only get 2/3 of the way through the leg during one movie, and then realize that in order to make the most out of the sock knitting during the next movie, you need to knit the rest of the leg and the entire heel at home, first?

Like this:

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Remember the 3X1 ribbed socks I made where I had forgotten the top ribbing? Well, maybe you don’t? LOL Anyway, I made them for my father in law and they stayed up fine. He is borderline diabetic and they are the first comfortable socks he has worn he says. They were also STR mill ends, lightweight.

Awesome pattern, awesome yarn. Can I say that here?

Val

ps: we have CWP(Creepy Window People) at the police station I work at…

As I read your post I was reminded of a yarn harlot post about being in the same situation. She knitted a tube and then did an after-thought heel – something from EZ that I’ve never done (I’m new to knitting and am only on my 4th sock!).

I don’t know if we can leave links here as this is only my second post on your site – but here is the yarn harlot’s solution:

I’ve recently had to give up knitting monogamy big time because projects had the nasty habit of losing their suitability as travel knitting, just as I am moving around a lot. Lots of shetland wool for a fair-isle waistcoat was sidelined in favour of some lace on the train. That now has turned into a complex blob that requires lifelines, I can’t see that ending well in a flying sigar tube. So mr beest bought me sock yarn to keep me entertained on a *very* long flight. He’s not even going with me, but he’s worried about what happens when I don’t knit…

I’m definitely a heel-flap-with-turned-heel-and-gusset sort of gal, though, with my long feet and high arches. So the time out between movies to do the heel flap is a sacrifice of time I’m willing to make. ;)

I know this wasn’t even remotely the point of your post, but I would love some tips on how to knit in the dark… I can look away from mindless knitting for a few seconds at a time just fine, but multiple hours of blind knitting? I think I would make a huge mess of dropped stitches. Or maybe movie theaters aren’t as dark as I think they are?